Into every life, some rain must fall. Fortunately, no storm lasts forever. Do bad things happen to good people, or could the difficulties we face be gifts in disguise? You decide as we kick-off 2021 with Crappy to Happy - True Stories of Grit, Grace, and Love, a book by Sacred Stories of Transformational Joy composed by Rev. Ariel Patricia and Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos, and other courageous authors, share their poignant true stories.

Rev. Ariel Patricia is CEO and Founder of Sacred Stories. As an ordained interfaith, inter-spiritual minister Ariel Patricia believes every story is a sacred story. She is ordained from One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York and has earned her Masters of Arts in Education and her Bachelors of Science in Business. Ariel Patricia worked in the corporate and educational worlds for many years and proudly served six years as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Kathleen O’Keefe Kanavos is accredited in Psychopathology and Special Education. Kat taught Psychology at USF, Ft. Myers Branch, and taught the severely emotionally handicapped for ten years and was Special Education Department Head for two years before retiring. Kat is also known as The Queen of Dreams in her syndicated columns and PR Guru, video podcaster/radio show host Dreaming Healing. A three-time breast cancer survivor whose dreams diagnosed her illness missed by the medical community and the tests on which they relied, she is also a multi-award-winning author and Dream Expert who has been seen on Dr. Oz, Doctors, NBC, and CBS.

Join Rev. Ariel, Kathleen, and me on Tuesday, January 12, 10-11 A.M. CT US. We will be having a conversation about the empowering stories of people weathering the storms of challenges.